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Rent Collection

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Collecting Rent For Your Investment

Elgin Rent Collection

Our goal is to make sure you are paid in full — and on time! Therefore, we prepare and handle the lease documents, lease signing, and rent collection each month. Our residents are offered a variety of ways to pay rent — from online to in-person. We offer these conveniences to help ensure that you get your money as quickly as possible each month.

  • The vast majority of our residents pay their monthly rent through our easy-to-access Tenant Portal.
  • We expect that tenants pay by the first day of each month (bank holidays and weekends may sometimes delay rent collection).
  • Our full-time Director of Accounting tracks tenant payments daily to ensure we promptly respond to non-payments or NSF payments if they occur.
  • 99.5% of our tenants pay their rent each month. But should a tenant not pay the rent due, we have fair but firm rent collection policies that comply with state law.
  • We close out our accounting month by the 10th day of each month and issue your funds via ACH directly to your bank account of choice.

Our Rent Collections Policy

  • Rent is due on the 1st day of each month.
  • We offer tenants a grace period until the 3rd day of the month.
  • If rent is not received by the 3rd, we initiate our internal collection process.
  • A state-required 3-day demand notice is prepared and served to the tenant on your behalf.
  • This notice must be physically served at the property — which we handle for you.
  • We continue to follow up with the tenant throughout the 3-day notice period.
  • If funds are not received by the end of this period, we initiate the legal eviction process through our eviction attorney.
  • In rare cases, we proceed with a physical eviction in coordination with the local county sheriff.

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  • "This was by far the best experience I've ever had with a property management company. Cecilia Whitley has exceeded all expectations—quick to respond, highly professional, and genuinely friendly. They made the entire process smooth and stress-free. If you call Sterling & Associates Property Management and have the opportunity to work with any of the Executive Property Managers, rest assured you're in excellent hands. Thank you!"

    G. Miller
  • "Sterling & Associates Property Management has been outstanding. After dealing with a previous company that consistently let us down, we needed a team that would communicate effectively and take care of our tenants. Cecilia Whitley has completely turned things around—our tenants are happy, and we finally have peace of mind. They've truly improved our entire experience as property owners."

    B. Short
  • "Cecilia Whitley at Sterling & Associates Property Management helped me through a nightmare situation with a problem tenant and guided me through the legal challenges they created. As a single-property owner, I was able to hand off nearly every responsibility—and it saved me an incredible amount of stress and time."

    N. Stewart

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